diff --git a/depends/funcs.mk b/depends/funcs.mk
index 87052bf6e0ffc..14450150c2c90 100644
--- a/depends/funcs.mk
+++ b/depends/funcs.mk
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ $(1)_stage_env+=PATH=$(build_prefix)/bin:$(PATH)
 # config.guess, which is what we set it too here. This also quells autoconf
 # warnings, "If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.",
 # when using versions older than 2.70.
-$(1)_autoconf=./configure --build=$(BUILD) --host=$($($(1)_type)_host) --prefix=$($($(1)_type)_prefix) $$($(1)_config_opts) CC="$$($(1)_cc)" CXX="$$($(1)_cxx)"
+$(1)_autoconf=./configure --build=$(BUILD) --host=$($($(1)_type)_host) --prefix=$($($(1)_type)_prefix) --with-pic $$($(1)_config_opts) CC="$$($(1)_cc)" CXX="$$($(1)_cxx)"
 ifneq ($($(1)_nm),)
 $(1)_autoconf += NM="$$($(1)_nm)"
 endif
diff --git a/depends/packages.md b/depends/packages.md
index 4158b46d28d87..6d09f8c97be03 100644
--- a/depends/packages.md
+++ b/depends/packages.md
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ From the [Gentoo Wiki entry](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assura
 >  creates. This leads to massive overlinking, which is toxic to the Gentoo
 >  ecosystem, as it leads to a massive number of unnecessary rebuilds.
 
+Where possible, packages are built with Position Independant Code. Either using
+the autotools `--with-pic` flag, or `DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` with CMake.
+
 ## Secondary dependencies:
 
 Secondary dependency packages relative to the bitcoin binaries/libraries (i.e.
diff --git a/depends/packages/bdb.mk b/depends/packages/bdb.mk
index dc536fd3991e7..6a8de39221139 100644
--- a/depends/packages/bdb.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/bdb.mk
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@ $(package)_patches=clang_cxx_11.patch
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-cxx --disable-replication --enable-option-checking
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32=--enable-mingw
-$(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_freebsd=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_netbsd=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_openbsd=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_android=--with-pic
-$(package)_cflags+=-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration
+$(package)_cflags+=-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration -Wno-error=format-security -Wno-error=implicit-int
 $(package)_cxxflags+=-std=c++17
+$(package)_cppflags_freebsd=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -D__BSD_VISIBLE=1
+$(package)_cppflags_netbsd=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
+$(package)_cppflags_openbsd=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
 $(package)_cppflags_mingw32=-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE
 endef
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/expat.mk b/depends/packages/expat.mk
index bb203d06f8442..2db283ef3cf42 100644
--- a/depends/packages/expat.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/expat.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --without-docbook --without-tests --without-examples
   $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
   $(package)_config_opts += --without-xmlwf
-  $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
   $(package)_cppflags += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 endef
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/freetype.mk b/depends/packages/freetype.mk
index 6f5dbe0f01377..c28259ed6701c 100644
--- a/depends/packages/freetype.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/freetype.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash=8bee39bd3968c4804b70614a0a3ad597299ad0e824bc8aad5ce8aaf48
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--without-zlib --without-png --without-harfbuzz --without-bzip2 --disable-static
   $(package)_config_opts += --enable-option-checking --without-brotli
-  $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
diff --git a/depends/packages/gmp.mk b/depends/packages/gmp.mk
index c28eb9d53c776..0bbf31444b83b 100644
--- a/depends/packages/gmp.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/gmp.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $(package)_file_name=gmp-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=eae9326beb4158c386e39a356818031bd28f3124cf915f8c5b1dc4c7a36b4d7c
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts+=--enable-cxx --enable-fat --with-pic --disable-shared
+$(package)_config_opts+=--enable-cxx --enable-fat --disable-shared
 $(package)_cflags_armv7l_linux+=-march=armv7-a
 $(package)_cflags_aarch64_darwin+=-march=armv8-a
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/libXau.mk b/depends/packages/libXau.mk
index b7e032c0b2d13..aeb14dcd6e8e7 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libXau.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libXau.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ $(package)_dependencies=xproto
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --disable-lint-library --without-lint
   $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
-  $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index 5bd12522a7d51..f033fc97239e7 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --disable-openssl --disable-libevent-regress --disable-samples
   $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
   $(package)_config_opts_release=--disable-debug-mode
-  $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_freebsd=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_netbsd=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_openbsd=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_android=--with-pic
   $(package)_cppflags_mingw32=-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601
 endef
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/libxcb_util.mk b/depends/packages/libxcb_util.mk
index 6f1b9cd7c65e0..6e4c7359b20ee 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libxcb_util.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libxcb_util.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ $(package)_dependencies=libxcb
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts = --disable-shared --disable-devel-docs --without-doxygen
 $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
-$(package)_config_opts += --with-pic
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
diff --git a/depends/packages/qrencode.mk b/depends/packages/qrencode.mk
index d1687883bcd51..9ebd2dd85a454 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qrencode.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qrencode.mk
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 package=qrencode
-$(package)_version=3.4.4
+$(package)_version=4.1.1
 $(package)_download_path=https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
-$(package)_sha256_hash=efe5188b1ddbcbf98763b819b146be6a90481aac30cfc8d858ab78a19cde1fa5
+$(package)_sha256_hash=e455d9732f8041cf5b9c388e345a641fd15707860f928e94507b1961256a6923
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --without-tools --without-tests --disable-sdltest
+$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --without-tools --without-tests --without-png
 $(package)_config_opts += --disable-gprof --disable-gcov --disable-mudflap
 $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
-$(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_android=--with-pic
+$(package)_cflags += -Wno-int-conversion -Wno-implicit-function-declaration
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
diff --git a/depends/packages/sqlite.mk b/depends/packages/sqlite.mk
index 820d724214a2b..7d175ec4bb3d0 100644
--- a/depends/packages/sqlite.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/sqlite.mk
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash=5af07de982ba658fd91a03170c945f99c971f6955bc79df3266544373
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --disable-readline --disable-dynamic-extensions --enable-option-checking
-$(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_freebsd=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_netbsd=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_openbsd=--with-pic
+$(package)_config_opts+= --disable-rtree --disable-fts4 --disable-fts5
+# We avoid using `--enable-debug` because it overrides CFLAGS, a behavior we want to prevent.
+$(package)_cflags_debug += -g
+$(package)_cppflags_debug += -DSQLITE_DEBUG
+$(package)_cppflags+=-DSQLITE_DQS=0 -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0 -DSQLITE_OMIT_DEPRECATED
+$(package)_cppflags+=-DSQLITE_OMIT_SHARED_CACHE -DSQLITE_OMIT_JSON -DSQLITE_LIKE_DOESNT_MATCH_BLOBS
+$(package)_cppflags+=-DSQLITE_OMIT_DECLTYPE -DSQLITE_OMIT_PROGRESS_CALLBACK -DSQLITE_OMIT_AUTOINIT
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
diff --git a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
index c74ae15b3131d..82119f866a385 100644
--- a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package=zeromq
-$(package)_version=4.3.4
+$(package)_version=4.3.5
 $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=c593001a89f5a85dd2ddf564805deb860e02471171b3f204944857336295c3e5
-$(package)_patches=remove_libstd_link.patch netbsd_kevent_void.patch
+$(package)_sha256_hash=6653ef5910f17954861fe72332e68b03ca6e4d9c7160eb3a8de5a5a913bfab43
+$(package)_patches=remove_libstd_link.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts = --without-docs --disable-shared --disable-valgrind
@@ -11,22 +11,16 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts += --without-libsodium --without-libgssapi_krb5 --without-pgm --without-norm --without-vmci
   $(package)_config_opts += --disable-libunwind --disable-radix-tree --without-gcov --disable-dependency-tracking
   $(package)_config_opts += --disable-Werror --disable-drafts --enable-option-checking
-  $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_freebsd=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_netbsd=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_openbsd=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_android=--with-pic
   $(package)_cxxflags+=-std=c++17
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/remove_libstd_link.patch && \
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/netbsd_kevent_void.patch && \
-  cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub config
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/remove_libstd_link.patch
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   ./autogen.sh && \
+  cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub config && \
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
diff --git a/depends/patches/zeromq/netbsd_kevent_void.patch b/depends/patches/zeromq/netbsd_kevent_void.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 845c6bdda6719..0000000000000
--- a/depends/patches/zeromq/netbsd_kevent_void.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-commit 129137d5182967dbfcfec66bad843df2a992a78f
-Author: fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>
-Date:   Mon Jan 3 20:13:33 2022 +0800
-
-    problem: kevent udata is now void* on NetBSD Current (10)
-    
-    solution: check for the intptr_t variant in configure.
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 1a571291..402f8b86 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -307,6 +307,27 @@ case "${host_os}" in
-         if test "x$libzmq_netbsd_has_atomic" = "xno"; then
-             AC_DEFINE(ZMQ_FORCE_MUTEXES, 1, [Force to use mutexes])
-         fi
-+        # NetBSD Current (to become 10) has changed the type of udata in it's
-+        # kevent struct from intptr_t to void * to align with darwin and other
-+        # BSDs, see upstream commit:
-+        # https://github.com/NetBSD/src/commit/e5ead823eb916b56589d2c6c560dbcfe4a2d0afc
-+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether kevent udata type is intptr_t])
-+        AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
-+        AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-+            [[#include <sys/types.h>
-+              #include <sys/event.h>
-+              #include <sys/time.h>]],
-+            [[struct kevent ev;
-+              intptr_t udata;
-+              EV_SET(&ev, 0, 0, EV_ADD, 0, 0, udata);
-+              return 0;]])],
-+            [libzmq_netbsd_kevent_udata_intptr_t=yes],
-+            [libzmq_netbsd_kevent_udata_intptr_t=no])
-+        AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-+        AC_MSG_RESULT([$libzmq_netbsd_kevent_udata_intptr_t])
-+        if test "x$libzmq_netbsd_kevent_udata_intptr_t" = "xyes"; then
-+            AC_DEFINE(ZMQ_NETBSD_KEVENT_UDATA_INTPTR_T, 1, [kevent udata type is intptr_t])
-+        fi
-         ;;
-     *openbsd*|*bitrig*)
-         # Define on OpenBSD to enable all library features
-diff --git a/src/kqueue.cpp b/src/kqueue.cpp
-index 53d82ac4..a6a7a7f2 100644
---- a/src/kqueue.cpp
-+++ b/src/kqueue.cpp
-@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
- #include "i_poll_events.hpp"
- #include "likely.hpp"
- 
--//  NetBSD defines (struct kevent).udata as intptr_t, everyone else
--//  as void *.
--#if defined ZMQ_HAVE_NETBSD
-+// NetBSD up to version 9 defines (struct kevent).udata as intptr_t,
-+// everyone else as void *.
-+#if defined ZMQ_HAVE_NETBSD && defined(ZMQ_NETBSD_KEVENT_UDATA_INTPTR_T)
- #define kevent_udata_t intptr_t
- #else
- #define kevent_udata_t void *